This is just a quick post to say that you can now buy the UpdateWall. It’s finally ready for public use. You can grab the addon for half price at the moment and even pay monthly if you can’t afford the years license. You can get started for only $4.99!
There will be many new features being added in the future and all updates are free for people using the addon.
Visit the UpdateWall PHPmotion social addon for more information.
Lately some of my clients have been running into performance issues with PHPmotion when they have lots of videos (20,000+ for some). One of the main issues (which has also been mentioned on the PHPmotion forum) is with most commented feature in PHPmotion. Below is an explanation of the problem and more interestingly the solution!
I thought I should post an update as to what’s happening with the UpdateWall addon for PHPmotion. Well things are going good although it’s taking longer then I planned. I will hopefully be launching for the first testers within the next week or two.
I’ve been adding more update types trying to include everything I think will be useful, here’s the current list of actions that can be posted to the UpdateWall.
If you can think of additional actions that should be added let me know and I’ll see if I can implement them for the initial release.
Why is this a yearly or monthly license, you ask. Unlike other add-ons which are just updated when bugs are found, I will be continuously adding new features, options and improvements which you will have immediate access to with an active license.
More news soon! Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter if you don’t already to receive all the latest updates!
If you’ve been following me on the UpdateWall Twitter you’ll now that I’ve been sorting out some server issues lately. Well I’ve finally got a working demo online for you all to check out! It’s still got stuff to be done to finish it off but I’ve wanted to post a demo online for days now so here goes: http://demo.updatewall.com/phpmotion/wall.php
There are some bugs that I’ve already noted but please report anything you find in the comments below. There are still more update types to be created you can see the ones that are currently ready on the wiki I’ve been setting up on this page.
Edit: More up to date info on this blog post: Update on UpdateWall progress
I’ve setup a basic cron job which will automatically post updates to the public wall. To try the wall out fully though I recommend you register, add one of the demo profiles (admin or testGuy) as a friend or even upload stuff yourself. The automatic updates are run once a minute so you may need to wait a bit for something to happen. The automatic updates on post the following: new videos, new audio, video comments & audio comments. To view the other update types you will need to create an account and do the required action (create a group, etc.).
Anyway it’s 9pm here so time for a break 
Let me know what you think, what doesn’t work & what you don’t like.
I thought that it was about time to write a short update on the progress of the updatewall. Since my first post many months ago it has been completely rewritten to allow easy creation of new updates or even to modify the existing ones. It will be completely translatable as is PHPmotion and will be easy to modify the look of.
I still have a few more features to add regarding updates and also a server issue to sort out before posting a demo online and allowing a few users to have access to the add-on to help test it. Hopefully it will be online by the weekend and you will be able to share your thoughts before I release a beta.
If you want to stay up to date easily you can follow the newly created twitter account @UpdateWall for real time updates & news. Who knows followers may be get first access to the demo
As more and more people are upgrading to V3 I thought it was about time to complete the redirection kit which will help you minimize any effects the link changes might cause.
The script is available for download at the end of the post, this only works for people who have the seo pack. If you are upgrading from v2 to V3 but never installed the seo pack you do not need this and it will probably cause problems trying to use it.
Part 2 of the PHPmotion seo series is now done (part 1 here)! In this article I will be concentrating on improving the .htaccess file to remove duplicate content & set up correct redirect headers for links.
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Update: beta screen shot at end of the post.
I think it’s about time to unveil my latest PHPmotion addon, which will be available for v3. No price or ETA yet but it will be released within the next month at latest.
It is possibly one of the most useful addons you could ever buy for your website (and I’m not just saying that because I made it ). Read the rest of this entry »
This is part one of an as of yet undetermined amount of posts in which I will try to explain how to improve your search engine rankings for your PHPmotion website. I probably won’t be covering the actual marketing but will be providing code, ideas & examples of ways to improve your website.
Let me know if you find it useful and I’ll get started on more posts! Read the rest of this entry »
A short article on things you should check you haven’t forgotten before launching your PHPmotion website.